[The Fitzgerald] Report Of A Commission Of Inquiry Pursuant To Orders In Council

G. E. Fitzgerald

Brisbane

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Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct. S. R. Hampson, Government Printer

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1989

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First Edition.

30cm x 21cm. xx, 388, 242 pages. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering.

One of the defining moments in Queensland history. The Fitzgerald Inquiry Report into high level Queensland Police Corruption which saw ministers and the Police Commissioner jailed and brought about the end of Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s premiership and the ousting of the National Party’s 32 years as the governing political party in Queensland. The scarce clothbound issue. This copy with a signed typescript letter from the then Queensland Minister for Health, Ivan J. Gibbs, tipped in at the front endpaper presenting this copy to an astute political observer.

Very minor soiling to top edge. Very minor bumping to tail fore-edge corner. Near Fine Condition.